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Adrian Vandenberg has announced the “My Whitesnake Years” U.S. tour, an August 2026 run co-headlined by guitarist Vinnie Moore and bassist and vocalist Marco Mendoza. The three veterans collectively represent decades of work across Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy, UFO, Ted Nugent and beyond. The tour features two complete 75-minute-plus performances per night, or a single extended 90-minute show with intermission. Moore and Mendoza will also perform a collaborative set together, drawing on material from across their shared careers. VIP meet-and-greet packages — limited to 25 per show — are also available.

Vandenberg first built his name in the early 1980s fronting his self-titled band Vandenberg, scoring international hits with “Burning Heart” and “Friday Night.” That visibility led to a long association with David Coverdale and Whitesnake, where Vandenberg contributed the guitar solo to the multi-platinum “Here I Go Again” and co-wrote material for Slip of the Tongue and Restless Heart. He also appeared on Starkers in Tokyo, Live at Donington and the band’s Greatest Hits reunion tour. More recently, he co-headlined with Geoff Tate on the latter’s Operation: Mindcrime tour in 2024, and played the 2025 Monsters of Rock cruise before a successful East Coast headline run. His current recording outlet is Vandenberg’s Moonkings.

Moore is best known for a 21-year run with UFO and a well-regarded solo catalog, with additional studio and live work alongside Alice Cooper and Vicious Rumors. Mendoza brings 26 years with Thin Lizzy, seven years each with Whitesnake and Ted Nugent, and stints with The Dead Daisies and the current Satchvai band.

Vandenberg said: “Really (REALLY!) excited to cross the ocean again with my top-notch band to honor my 12 years in the golden era of Whitesnake! Be prepared to scream along with all the big ones like ‘Still of the Night’, ‘Here I Go Again’, ‘Judgement Day’, ‘Fool for Your Lovin”, etc etc. No doubt about it, this is an absolute BIG ROCK tour with Marco and Vinnie celebrating their years in Journey, Thin Lizzy and UFO. You don’t wanna miss this! We are ready, are you?!?”

Mendoza added: “I have to say that I’m very excited and looking forward to the U.S. run of dates in August, and sharing the stage with Adrian Vandenberg and Vinnie Moore. And having the opportunity to introduce my own music and also to pay tribute to some of my past participations and collaborations, like Thin Lizzy and Ted Nugent, along with Vinnie on some UFO tracks and some of his original stuff. It’s just going to be a great run… Don’t miss it. See you there!”

Moore said: “Thrilled to be doing this tour with Marco and Adrian. Going to be a blast to play a couple UFO songs, as well as some of my tunes and some Thin Lizzy. This is going to be a lot of fun and I’m looking forward to it. See you all soon.”

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Fear Factory guitarist Dino Cazares spoke with Duane James of Australia’s Wall of Sound about the band’s upcoming studio album, tentatively due in late 2026 or early 2027 via Nuclear Blast. The record will mark Fear Factory‘s first release with singer Milo Silvestro and drummer Pete Webber, who have been part of the band’s touring lineup for more than three years.

Asked whether there is a release date yet, Cazares told Wall of Sound (transcribed by Blabbermouth): “I don’t have a date when the whole record’s coming out, but we will be releasing a single soon. I know I’ve said it over the years, but for real, it’s gonna be coming out this year as far as the first single. Actually, more than one single will be out this year.”

On whether he worries about how the Fear Factory fanbase will receive music with Silvestro at the front, Cazares said: “Nah. What does it mean anymore? It doesn’t mean anything anymore. As long as you believe in what you’re doing, and you 100% love it, it doesn’t matter what anybody says. It comes down to how you feel. And I feel it’s gonna be a classic. Now, if people don’t like it, I don’t know what to tell them. That’s their problem. But I 100% believe that people are gonna love this shit, ’cause it’s new, it’s brutal, it’s heavy, it’s melodic. [There are] beautiful moments on the record. It’s everything that makes Fear Factory a Fear Factory record. And we’re talking about Obsolete and Demanufacture, but this is going to a different place than some of the older classic stuff. This is going to a different place, and the place that it’s gone to is newer, it’s fresher, it sounds modern, it sounds where we are now in this genre of music. And also, a bit forward-thinking as well.”

The album stays true to the man-versus-machine concept that has defined Fear Factory‘s catalog since the early 1990s. Cazares said: “Conceptually it’s about… It’s always been about the relationship between man and machine and where we are. And obviously, technology has caught up to some of the stuff that we have been talking about over the years on our records. Now, it’s like we’re talking about the next 50 years from now, where we’re gonna be at with this technology. And, of course, everybody’s got this A.I. bug in them, and we’re definitely capitalizing on a lot of our concepts that we came up over the years. And we always felt that we were ahead of the game when it came to that kind of stuff, with a lot of warnings. Especially Obsolete, where we were talking about how a lot of things were gonna become obsolete. Which is true, but not only did they become obsolete, we, as a human species, have learned how to adapt to this, and I think that’s exactly what’s happening. We put out a remix record a couple years ago called Recoded, and the intro said, ‘You adapt or die.’ And that’s it. You have to adapt to where technology is going or you’re gonna get left behind.”

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In a recent interview with Guitar World, Rush bassist and vocalist Geddy Lee addressed something that weighed heavily on him after drummer Neil Peart‘s death in January 2020: the number of drummers who immediately pushed themselves forward as replacements. Lee drew a sharp distinction between the friends who kept their grief to themselves and those who saw an opening.

“People who are close to us — good friends that are successful drummers — would never infer something like that because they have too much respect, not only for Neil and for the situation,” Lee told Guitar World. “They were grieving as well, so they wouldn’t be so selfish as to say something inappropriate like that.”

Others, he said, were less considerate. “There were many other drummers who reached out to me in the aftermath of Neil‘s passing that were pushing themselves, and that was most distasteful to me. It was completely inappropriate timing.”

On how he and guitarist Alex Lifeson eventually landed on award-winning fusion drummer Anika Nilles for the “Fifty Something” reunion tour, Lee said: “We didn’t really know where to begin to look. We started with Anika because she had been recommended to me, and I had done some research on her. I loved her vibe and diverse style.”

“We didn’t have a list,” Lee added. “When Al and I finally said, ‘Okay, I guess we’re getting serious. Who’s going to sit in that impossible seat? It’s daunting.’ We started with the name that was already on my mind. We called her up, she came, and we hit it off. She brought a lot to the table, but more than her chops, more than her guts, and her willingness to sit in that hot seat, she brought an intelligence and a story.”

The outreach from drummers was already something Lifeson had referenced publicly. Back in March 2025, around seven months before the “Fifty Something” tour was announced, Lifeson told Q104.3: “After Neil passed, it didn’t take more than a few minutes before we started getting e-mails from all kinds of drummers who wanted to audition for the band, thinking that we were just gonna replace somebody that we played with for 40 years who wrote all the lyrics for our music. I don’t know what some of these people were thinking.”

Lee had touched on it even earlier. During a January 2024 appearance on “Strombo’s Lit,” the Apple book club curated by Canadian broadcaster George “Strombo” Stroumboulopoulos, Lee said: “Oh, yeah, I heard from all kinds [of people]. That was a very weird moment. My little black book got filled up really quickly.” When Stroumboulopoulos noted that some of those people were “people you thought were friends,” Lee said: “Yeah, yeah, yeah. I was, like, ‘Whoa, that’s just so inappropriate right now. Dude, wait two months. At least two months — if ever.’ It still happens, now that the clickbait freaks are out there talking about Alex and I getting a new drummer and starting Rush again.”

Peart died on Jan. 7, 2020, after quietly battling brain cancer for three and a half years. Rush held the announcement for three days before going public. In 2022, Lee revealed that Peart had wanted his diagnosis kept private and that he and Lifeson had been “dishonest” with fans at times in order to protect that privacy.

Rush will play multiple “evening with” shows across Canada, the United States and Mexico on the “Fifty Something” tour, opening June 7, 2026 at The Kia Forum in Los Angeles. Each night features two full sets drawn from a rotating 40-song catalog built from the band’s greatest hits and fan favorites. After their first batch of 2026 dates sold out instantly following the October 2025 announcement, Rush doubled the run and continued adding dates, stretching the North American leg into the fall.

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Arch Enemy and The Black Dahlia Murder have announced the “Wrath Across America 2026” co-headline fall tour, a 30-date North American run with support from Septicflesh, Crypta and Thrown Into Exile. The tour runs Oct. 5 through Nov. 19, with pre-sales beginning May 20 at 10 a.m. local time and the general on-sale set for May 22 at 10 a.m. local time.

Arch Enemy guitarist and founder Michael Amott said: “North America, we are proud to announce our return, joined by the formidable Black Dahlia Murder, alongside special guests Septicflesh, Crypta and Thrown Into Exile. An exceptional lineup, built for those who live and breathe pure fucking metal. We look forward to bringing you a new era of Arch Enemy to a city near. Be there!”

The Black Dahlia Murder drummer Alan Cassidy added: “I’d take my arch enemy to see The Black Dahlia Murder and Arch Enemy! Then throw them in the pit. See you this fall!”

Arch Enemy enters this tour in a new chapter. Amott formed the Gothenburg, Sweden act in 1996, and over three decades and eleven studio albums the band has become one of the defining forces in extreme metal, known for pairing razor-edged riffing with anthemic twin-guitar leads. Angela Gossow fronted the band from 2001 until 2014, when Alissa White-Gluz stepped in and led the band through albums including War Eternal (2014), Will to Power (2017), Deceivers (2022) and Blood Dynasty (2025). The band has since welcomed Lauren Hart as their new frontwoman; their latest single, “To the Last Breath,” marks the opening salvo of this new era.

The Black Dahlia Murder heads out in continued support of Servitude, its tenth studio album, released in 2024 via Metal Blade Records. Blabbermouth called it “an album that nobly delivers the goods, while screaming defiance at the stars.” Metal Injection called it “fucking killer death metal,” while Distorted Sound crowned The Black Dahlia Murder “one of melodeath’s greatest, most consistent bands.”

Arch Enemy and The Black Dahlia Murder “Wrath Across America 2026” tour dates (all dates with Septicflesh, Crypta and Thrown Into Exile):

• 10/05 — Riverside, CA — Municipal Auditorium
• 10/06 — Phoenix, AZ — Marquee
• 10/08 — Salt Lake City, UT — Rockwell at The Complex
• 10/09 — Denver, CO — Fillmore
• 10/11 — Dallas, TX — Echo
• 10/12 — Houston, TX — House of Blues
• 10/13 — San Antonio, TX — Aztec Theatre
• 10/15 — Orlando, FL — Beacham
• 10/16 — Ft. Lauderdale, FL — Revolution
• 10/18 — Tampa, FL — Jannus
• 10/20 — Atlanta, GA — Masquerade (Heaven)
• 10/21 — Charlotte, NC — Fillmore
• 10/22 — Raleigh, NC — Ritz
• 10/24 — New York, NY — Palladium Times Square
• 10/25 — Silver Spring, MD — Fillmore Silver Spring
• 10/26 — Philadelphia, PA — TLA
• 10/28 — Worcester, MA — Palladium Worcester
• 10/30 — Quebec City, QC — Videotron Centre Hall
• 10/31 — Montreal, QC — Olympia
• 11/01 — Toronto, ON — Danforth
• 11/03 — Chicago, IL — Concord Music Hall
• 11/04 — Detroit, MI — Royal Oak Music Theatre
• 11/05 — Cleveland, OH — Agora
• 11/07 — Minneapolis, MN — Fillmore
• 11/08 — Winnipeg, MB — Burton Cummings Theatre
• 11/09 — Saskatoon, SK — Coors Event Centre
• 11/11 — Calgary, AB — MacEwan Hall
• 11/12 — Edmonton, AB — Midway
• 11/14 — Vancouver, BC — The Key
• 11/16 — Seattle, WA — Showbox

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Beartooth has detailed the U.S. leg of its “Pure Ecstasy” world tour — 23 dates with Don Broco, Magnolia Park and Windwaker on board for every show. Promoted by Live Nation, the run opens Nov. 11 at MGM Music Hall at Fenway in Boston and closes Dec. 19 at Hard Rock Live in Wheatland, California. It follows the band’s announcement of Pure Ecstasy, their upcoming album due Aug. 28 via Fearless Records.

Beartooth was formed in 2013 when vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Caleb Shomo, then recovering from a difficult stint in the heavy music world as a teenager, locked himself in a basement studio and recorded an entire batch of songs entirely by himself. What emerged was a band built on raw emotional honesty and melodic intensity. Across six albums, the band has piled up chart-topping results — 2023’s The Surface debuted at No. 1 on Billboard‘s Hard Rock Albums chart and delivered back-to-back No. 1 singles at both Active Rock and Mainstream Rock radio. The catalog has cleared 1.3 billion streams worldwide, including one RIAA-certified platinum single and one gold single.

Beartooth “Pure Ecstasy” fall 2026 U.S. tour dates (all dates with Don Broco, Magnolia Park and Windwaker):

• 11/11 — Boston, MA — MGM Music Hall at Fenway
• 11/12 — New York, NY — Hammerstein Ballroom
• 11/13 — Philadelphia, PA — Franklin Music Hall
• 11/15 — Washington, DC — The Theater at MGM National Harbor
• 11/18 — Pittsburgh, PA — Stage AE
• 11/20 — Chicago, IL — Aragon Ballroom
• 11/21 — St. Paul, MN — Myth
• 11/22 — Omaha, NE — Steelhouse Omaha
• 11/28 — Nashville, TN — The Truth
• 11/29 — Atlanta, GA — Coca-Cola Roxy
• 12/01 — Charlotte, NC — The Fillmore Charlotte
• 12/02 — Charleston, SC — The Refinery
• 12/04 — St. Augustine, FL — The St. Augustine Amphitheatre
• 12/05 — Ft. Lauderdale, FL — FTL War Memorial Auditorium
• 12/07 — New Orleans, LA — The Fillmore New Orleans
• 12/09 — Austin, TX — ACL Live at the Moody Theater
• 12/10 — Dallas, TX — South Side Ballroom
• 12/12 — Denver, CO — Fillmore Auditorium
• 12/13 — Salt Lake City, UT — The Union Event Center
• 12/15 — Albuquerque, NM — Revel Entertainment Center
• 12/16 — Phoenix, AZ — Arizona Financial Theatre
• 12/18 — Los Angeles, CA — Hollywood Palladium
• 12/19 — Wheatland, CA — Hard Rock Live

Beartooth “Pure Ecstasy” Australian tour dates (with Silverstein, Fit for a King and Volumes):

• 01/26 — Adelaide, AUS — Thebarton Theatre
• 01/28 — Melbourne, AUS — Festival Hall
• 01/30 — Sydney, AUS — Hordern Pavilion
• 01/31 — Brisbane, AUS — Fortitude Music Hall

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Kings of Thrash has released “Bullets Ready” via Cleopatra Records, a new original single featuring a vocal duet between guitarist and vocalist Chaz Leon and Gabriel Connor, frontman of Los Angeles theatrical rock act Red Devil Vortex. Former Exodus vocalist Steve “Zetro” Souza also appears on the track. The single was mixed by Grammy-winning producer Cameron Webb, known for his work with Motörhead, Danzig and Godsmack. Guitarist Jeff Young spoke about the song’s origins with The Entertainment Outlet.

“Well, we recorded ‘Bullets Ready’, and the great news is no one can say it’s A.I., ’cause there was no A.I. when we wrote ‘Bullets Ready’ three, four years ago, when we started writing originals,” Young told The Entertainment Outlet (transcribed by Blabbermouth). “I came in with two [songs]. We demoed them. A couple of months later, David came back to L.A. with two [songs]. We finished those off, demoed them. So that all happened before [we launched] Kings of Thrash.”

On why the song sat unreleased while the band spent years performing Megadeth catalog material, Young said: “We never planned on playing any Megadeth. We just wanted to make an EP of new originals. So that song’s been sitting on the back burner just… You gotta let songs write themselves. You can’t force it. You can’t put your ego on it and try to mold and shape it. You gotta just allow, allow, allow, allow. And so we kind of got sidetracked with the whole Megadeth thing and doing — learning all these albums in their entirety is no small chore. But now that we’ve been out doing that, and then [the Kings of Thrash single] ‘Lockdown’ came out [in May 2025], of course. Chaz wrote most of that. And that was a great first experience for him, and I think he did a great job. That was actually written after the first four. So ‘Bullets Ready’ was written long ago. We put the newest song out first. Now we’ve gone back, and ‘Bullets Ready’ just seemed, lyrically, with everything that’s going on in the world, it seemed so timely and apropos that we couldn’t resist.”

The song’s connection to Red Devil Vortex‘s Connor grew out of a touring relationship. Young said: “We were out on tour with Red Devil Vortex opening for us, and Ace Frehley had just died, and Gabriel Connor, the singer-bass player for Red Devil Vortex, a huge Kiss fan, we kept bringing him out every night on the tour for ‘Cold Gin’. And so his participation in the song grew organically out of our Kiss jams every night on tour. And as a matter of fact, we’re gonna be dropping a live video on Kings of Thrash YouTube of the ‘Cold Gin’ track in a week or two.”

When “Bullets Ready” was first released, Young revealed the unusual origin of the track’s rhythmic foundation: “During the making of the [former Megadeth drummer] Nick Menza [documentary] film, I acquired several demo recordings of Nick playing various drum progressions. In essence, the introduction, verses and chorus of ‘Bullets Ready’ came from playing along to one of Nick‘s energetic grooves. During [Megadeth‘s] So Far, So Good… So What! tour, it was often David, Nick and myself that would conduct the soundchecks. It was a surreal and nostalgic feeling to be playing along and writing riffs with my long-lost friend. Nick‘s playing inspired so much of this song and his spirit is forever encapsulated inside this recording.”

Kings of Thrash formed in April 2022 after Ellefson and Young performed three classic Megadeth songs alongside Leon at “Ultimate Jam Night” at the Whisky a Go Go in Hollywood. The event was honoring the Big Four of thrash metal. The chemistry from that night led directly to the band’s formation. Kings of Thrash has since built its live set around celebrating the Killing Is My Business… and Business Is Good! and So Far, So Good… So What! era of Megadeth‘s catalog, with Ellefson and Young joined by Leon and drummer Fred Aching of Dead Groove and formerly of Bulletboys.

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Z2 has announced The Mandrake Project: Year Two, the next installment of the graphic novel saga co-created by Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson and writer Tony Lee. The 184-page volume picks up where the first book left off, sending Necropolis into a near-death experience that propels him into a parallel world where the dark secrets of his family tree — and the forces controlling his fate — come into full, disorienting focus.

Dickinson teased the new volume: “Oh, just hold on to your proverbial hats, folks… This one gets REALLY weird!” Lee added: “You thought the first book was going to get us sued and bring out the pitchforks? You haven’t seen anything yet!”

Beyond the graphic narrative itself, Year Two includes an extensive series of interviews and essays documenting Dickinson‘s 2025 solo tour in support of The Mandrake Project album, along with behind-the-scenes insight from the creative team on how this chapter of the saga developed. The book opens with an introduction by Sacha Gervasi, director of Anvil! The Story of Anvil. It also contains a feature article on Wilhelm Reich, the sociologist and mystic whose controversial work led to his imprisonment by the FBI; Reich died in federal custody in 1957.

The oversized 12″x12″ deluxe and platinum editions are housed in a die-cut slipcase bound with a sealing ribbon and gilt paper edging, and include four new foil collector cards and a new edition of the antiqued metal “Mandrake Project” medallion. Both signed editions will be available directly from Z2 here. A standard 9″x9″ hardcover edition without slipcase will be available through Z2‘s retail partners, including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, HMV UK, and independent comic and music shops worldwide.

Z2 editor-in-chief Rantz Hoseley said: “I thought I knew the limits and boundaries of Bruce‘s mad vision for this world, but one thing ‘Year Two’ has made brutally clear… there are no limits to where the story will go! And, let me just say, we are all the luckier for it!”

Dickinson is the vocalist of Iron Maiden and a multidisciplinary figure whose work outside music includes a career as a commercial airline pilot — flying three configurations of Iron Maiden‘s Ed Force One, including a 747 — as well as a BBC radio show, a podcast, television documentaries, films, novels, memoirs, film scripts and comics. He has also competed internationally in fencing and co-created a multi-million-selling beer with Robinsons Brewery. He has developed the mythology behind The Mandrake Project for over a decade.

Lee is a No. 1 New York Times bestselling author and comics writer with credits at DC, Marvel, Hachette, IDW, Del Rey and Z2. He is known for his long run on IDW’s Doctor Who comic beginning in 2008, the 2012 Doctor Who/Star Trek crossover series, audio dramas including Confessions of Dorian Gray and Robin of Sherwood, and writing for BBC One and ITV Studios. Pre-orders for The Mandrake Project: Year Two are available at Z2Comics.com/BruceDickinson.

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Static-X has canceled its remaining tour dates for 2026, citing serious medical issues affecting an undisclosed member or members of the band. The announcement came via social media on Monday, May 18.

The band’s statement read: “Due to serious medical issues, Static-X will be forced to cancel our remaining tour dates in 2026. The situation is unavoidable and requires immediate attention. We are very sorry for the inconvenience, and we promise to return to the stage, bigger, stronger and faster in 2027. We appreciate your continued love and support and look forward to seeing you all again very soon! Sincerely, Static-X.”

Static-X‘s most recent releases are Project Regeneration Vol. 1 (July 2020) and Project Regeneration Vol. 2 (January 2024), both featuring the original lineup of Campos, drummer Ken Jay, and guitarist Koichi Fukuda alongside the masked frontman Xer0, widely believed to be Dope singer Edsel Dope. The lineup honors the memory of late Static-X frontman Wayne Static, who died in November 2014.

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Listenable Records has released a limited deluxe edition of Gojira‘s landmark 2005 album From Mars to Sirius — a double gatefold zoetrope picture disc featuring exclusive, never-before-seen band photos. The first pressing is limited to 3,000 copies worldwide and is available to order now.

Released in September 2005, From Mars to Sirius was Gojira‘s third studio album: a concept record addressing environmental collapse, life, death, and planetary rebirth through a space travel narrative. It has since been named one of Rolling Stone‘s “100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time” and remains one of the most cited metal records of the 21st century.

Gojira‘s momentum has only accelerated since. In February 2025, the band won the Grammy Award for “Best Metal Performance” for “Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça Ira!)” — a version of the French Revolution-era standard “Ah! Ça Ira!” that Gojira performed at the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony, making them the first metal act ever to perform at the Games.

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The third annual Bon’s Birthday Bash will take place Thursday, July 9, at The Cutting Room in New York City, the only U.S. tribute event officially authorized by the Bon Scott estate. The event falls during Bon‘s 80th birthday week — the late AC/DC frontman was born July 9, 1946, in Forfar, Scotland.

Performing on the night are Corey Glover of Living Colour, Constantine Maroulis, Steve Brown of Trixter, Jimmy Kunes of Cactus, and additional vocalists to be announced. The house band features Paul McGilloway on lead guitar, John Jackson on rhythm guitar, Ivan Bodley on bass, and Kenny Soule on drums. Rock radio personality Terrie Carr will host the evening.

The show will also feature a Morrison Hotel Gallery pop-up presenting never-before-seen photographs of Bon Scott by rock photographer Steve Joester, with prints available for purchase. Tickets are on sale here.

The Birthday Bash arrives on the heels of Bonfest 2026, which took over Bon‘s hometown of Kirriemuir, Scotland from May 1–3. Now in its 20th year, the festival drew fans from across Europe and around the world for a weekend of music, processions, and tributes. Among the weekend’s defining moments was the traditional “It’s a Long Way to the Top” procession — a callback to AC/DC‘s 1976 Melbourne flatbed truck performance — during which Bon‘s friend Gabby, who was present for the original filming, joined the march through Kirriemuir.

AC/DC‘s 2026 North American “Power Up” tour launches July 11 — just two days after the Birthday Bash — at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C., giving fans a natural run of Bon-adjacent celebration across that week.

Scott spent his childhood in Kirriemuir before the family emigrated to Australia in 1952. He played drums in the Fremantle Pipe Band before fronting early acts The Spektors, The Valentines, and progressive rock outfit Fraternity. He joined AC/DC in 1974 and recorded six studio albums with the band before his death in February 1980.

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